[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13860]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.

            By Mr. PAULSEN:
        H.R. 3119.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8
            By Mr. CUMMINGS:
        H.R. 3120.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have 
     Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, 
     to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and 
     general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts 
     and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''
            By Mr. ROE of Tennessee:
        H.R. 3121.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, with respect to the power 
     to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises,'' 
     and to provide for the ``general Welfare of the United 
     States.''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution 
     gives Congress the power to ``regulate Commerce with foreign 
     Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian 
     Tribes.''
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution, 
     which gives Congress the power to ``make all Laws which shall 
     be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
       This legislation puts forth measures relating to the 
     treatment of existing commerce and the exchange of health 
     care products, services, and transactions, while retaining 
     the sovereignty and power of respective states as outlined in 
     Amendment X of the U.S. Constitution. The legislation also 
     makes amendments to the manner in which the United States 
     defines and enacts certain taxes, as implemented through the 
     power to collect taxes and provide for the general Welfare.
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution 
     provides for those provisions which serve as a means to 
     secure the ends of Clauses 1 and 3 of Article 1, Section 8, 
     as cited above. Such provisions, include, but are not limited 
     to eligibility standards, reporting measures relating to the 
     practical implementation of tax provisions, and instructions 
     specifying the relationship among existing Departments and 
     programs.
       Nothing in this legislation shall be construed to restrict 
     due process of the law as defined in Section 1, Amendment XIV 
     of the U.S. Constitution.
       This legislation includes a provision to repeal Public Law 
     111-148 and title I and subtitle B of title II of Public Law 
     111-152, which exceeds the scope of power vested in Congress 
     by the U.S. Constitution.
            By Mr. BRALEY of Iowa:
        H.R. 3122.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United 
     States Constitution.
            By Mr. CARSON of Indiana:
        H.R. 3123.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
           By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois:
        H.R. 3124.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution 
     and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and 
     interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
            By Mr. ENYART:
        H.R. 3125.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to 
     Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States 
     Constitution.
            By Mr. FINCHER:
        H.R. 3126.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I Section 8.
            By Mr. MAFFEI:
        H.R. 3127.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 8 and Clause 18 of Section 8, of 
     Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Ms. MATSUI:
        H.R. 3128.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
            By Ms. MOORE:
        H.R. 3129.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8:
       Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes.
            By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:
        H.R. 3130.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
            By Mr. SABLAN:
        H.R. 3131.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Under Article I, section 8, clause 3 and Article IV, 
     section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution.
            By Mr. TERRY:
        H.R. 3132.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 3

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